samwise

Someone should take this game global using google maps API.

I just want to thank everyone for their positive feedback and all the great applicants. There's a lot of great talent and i'm sure we'll have no problem finding the right people. My only wish is that we have more room. I also wanted to take this time to respond to a couple comments.

why only girls you ask. I think this is a non-issue since most girls wouldn't want to live in a house full of "geeks", but in either case i believe it would cause for huge distraction and ultimately take away from what we are there to do, and that's build great companies. Don't get me wrong, the last thing i want is a sausage fest. Members/tenants are welcome to have guests of any sex.

You don't have to work on our startup solely. we actually would encourage you to have your own job and just moonlight with everyone else in the house on their respective projects. You can stay as long as you want or until the money runs out, which ever happens first. We have enough cash for a little less than a year.

Many of the applicants are relatively close to us (Philadelphia Area) so i will attempt to meet as many of you guys as possible in the coming months prior to the move.

I'll have a house blog up soon. I would like anyone that's currently working on a project and would like some coverage to send me a write up of their startup so that i can post it on the house blog. I find the idea of a community of hackers working to help each other really exciting, and i hope that more startups use similar methods.

Can anyone come up with name for the house. I need a domain name idea. Don't forget to subscribe to my twitter feed for updates http://twitter.com/cbomb

The main issue, the same problem you would have if every bank could print their own money.

If any site could issue karma and Karma was accepted at many sites and redeemable to goods you would habe a major problem with the value of karma.

Unless the sites were issued a fixed amount of karma that they could in turn give to their users.

So,i would assume that you would rather have us assigning superficial jobs to employees just to give the impression of a healthy economy.

It's that kinda of think that i believe will render America unable to compete globally and ultimately will do more harm than our temporary slump.

also, it's really lame to down mod someone, just because you don't agree with them.

Philadelphia and New Yorkish

good move. This is what i would want to hear if i was a Google investor.

Cut The Fat.

4 million in sales is not what they are making. If that number is true, then they are grossing somewhere in the $150K range a month. Still not a bad figure for such a small operation.

i have never seen a revenue share model that worked(besides google). Maybe they'll prove me wrong.

I'm still not sure why the facebooks and googles need 50+ coders unless they are working on different projects.

I think a small team no matter the size of the company is the way to go. The beauty of web startups is they need not follow the metrics of other traditional startups.

What happens to the share holders, as the stock was trading well above $2 at the end of the day friday?

so am i, especially after looking into the iphone SDK

I will need to think of a better business model. I don't think you'll be able to compete will the big players.

The only way i think you will be able to compete would be to offer all the great features plus those of your own for free, and look monetize in some other form.

I think your 3 month out look is extremely optimistic.

good luck, hopes it works out.

If i was my startup, i would pay salary. You get so much more bang for your buck out of your users. Startups work day and night, that would cost too much at an hourly rate.

16 with my help. enjoy

I think is a great idea.

To disable the refer header in the browser is a good idea anyway, i guess its bad for sites that need user analytics

kinda sad when you put it that way.

You should rephrase the question.

Would you feel bad if your boss overpaid you(on purpose)?

There is more room than people may think. IF you have dual citizenship and spend less then 30 days in the US you could be taxed a lower rate depending on the country. As long as you pump up your salaries and leave the company at the near break even point. Most loopholes need alot of exp to find.

all of this only becomes an issue when you have real revenue, by then you should be able to hire decent representation

I don't get it. There is no real need for it. I also don't see how you could easily monetize it.

I would look for "power users" or early adopters that have some loyalty to you or your company. You can try to bring invite some from competitors or meet some on some facebook groups, be imaginative. They should be able to generate enough content for you to attract real users.

Not everyone can lead a company. luck can only take you so far.

It's important to note that eventhough you should launch early, your product should work well and have a real benefit. too often i see startups launchs with a half-baked idea.

There is no rules when it comes to business. just guidelines.

For example: Friendster was one of the leading social networks back in the day. They dropped the ball and there were 20 other competitors willing to pick the ball up.

Google might be a little to late. The battle will be between apple and google on the hand held front. However apple will need to crank out a new iphone design if they want to compete with the new android phones that will be coming out. Consumers have grown to think of any phone over a year old an old model and inferior model.

sell off all the companies that having nothing to do with the company.

Focus on search. Search is what made yahoo. Also they need to realize that the money is in search ads.

short answer. MEXICO...... j/k

This is my startup setup. We have arcade games and every employee is given a 30 tokens a week to use on vending machines, air hockey, pool table and other games. It's their choice to use them all at once or spread out over the week. They can even hoard them and save them up. That way they are in charge of their time. We even vote on new games to be added as we reach milestones.

There is HUGE difference between talking to people you meet and posting your idea(s) on the internet.

However most entrepreneurs seek a one solution fits all and try to follow the foot steps of others success. When in reality every idea/start up is different and what might work for one startup will kill the other.

Like all things, there is the good and the bad. The author is referring to BAD web apps that simply port desktop apps to the web.

Good web apps are ones that utilize features of web apps to enhance the application. For example

Collaborative work Easy deployment Being Viral Mobility CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP, no need to print cds.(save some trees, or petroleum)

i ran out of things for now, but i'm sure come up with more after my hot pocket.

no ..... no he hasn't